Outtakes
8 MILE (R) There's a brief moment in 8 Mile when we glimpse a TV playing Imitation of Life, Douglas Sirk's dated but still-juicy melodrama about a light-skinned black attempting to pass as white. In 8 Mile we see that phenomenon, having come full circle, attempt to mutate into some other, more interesting shape. This…
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FRIDAY 12.20 Happy Hallucinations Hallucination — home of dance floor trashers Rabbit in the Moon and Jackal & Hyde — combines its infamous Christmas party with the record label's 10-year anniversary. Hallucination On Film sets the mood with looped clips from Christmas flicks (often massacre scenes). There's usually some sort of racy, exotic aspect to…
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ENDEAVORS 3 It's Soul Motive Production's third "Live PA" extravaganza of daring electronic music created live onstage — almost like a real rock concert, heh heh. No, seriously, they'll be outfitting the New World with a full-on sound system for the event, and these guys are at the head of the live-electronic pack. Function, Trace…
Hark! The Hungry Angels Sing
Glory to the restaurants open on Christmas Day
Soft Spot for Microsoft
News, events and weird stuff happening around Tampa Bay
Books
Ten years ago, Donna Tartt's first novel, The Secret History, created the kind of literary buzz currently only associated with Oprah. After a decade-long rest, Tartt has finally produced another novel and, not surprisingly, the actual book doesn't live up to the excitement of anticipating it. The deft literary style that Tartt displayed in her…
After Dark After Dark
After a year of largely non-chaperoned adolescent late-night partying in the streets of Spains third largest city, I found myself back in suburban Texas, a teenager faced with a firm 11 p.m. curfew. Repeated and increasingly confrontational pesterings regarding this reversal of fortune finally elicited what was my fathers Last Word on the subject: "Because…
Straight dope
A while back I read an article about how sperm may be an antidepressant for people who ingest it in one way or another. But that's not my question. What interests me is that a few months later, I read an article about the scientist who proposed that theory. He said what started him down…
Free Will Astrology
Dec. 19-Dec. 25
News of the Weird
Ribbed for their pleasure: British Army officers examining highly motivated potential recruits in the Commonwealth's Pacific island of Fiji reported in November encountering an alarming number of the men with marbles sewn under the skin of their penises, apparently to heighten pleasure during sex. According to an Agence France-Presse report, Capt. Sarah East said that…
Bubble Rapt
The holidays wouldn’t be the holidays without sparkling wines.
RETRO GRADES
The good, the bad and the ugly retrospectives
FREEBIE Holiday Lights Tours
With all the holiday light displays around town, were the star of Bethlehem to make an actual appearance above Tampa airspace, it might be tough to find in the sky. Area residents take their Christmas light displays very seriously, celestial events be damned. Case in point — Ted Kresge's dazzling display at 2700 Oakdale St.…
Web Sites of the Week: Xmas Edition
In the story of the Magi, we learn that a couple of old kings thought the baby Jesus wanted nothing more for Christmas than jewelry and potpourri. Now, those might not sound as exciting as a teddy bear or a new bike, but for a poor child born in a smelly sheep stall, the gifts…
History of the World, Parts One and Two
Gangs of New York and The Two Towers epitomize epic entertainment.
Letters A BITTER PILL
I, too, am a self-employed medical transcriptionist. I'm appalled that so many physicians in the Tampa Bay area are sending medical reports to other countries for transcription. I believe doctors should be legally bound to inform patients if their personal information is going beyond the geographical borders of the United States. Furthermore, how does HIPAA…
Advice Goddess MUSH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
amy alkonFor three-and-a-half months, this guy and I have been spending every spare second together. We have great fun, laugh constantly and have a great time in bed. He calls constantly, cooks me dinner, and he's always holding my hand. He even accompanied me to my brother's wedding. The problem is, he has never told…
TAMPA BAY TUNEAGE
Yes, yes, yes we do, we like local bands, how ’bout YOU?
Mad Tidings
Surprise the hard-to-shop-for with these eBay finds.
The List
Festivals/Events Bike Night Get your hog's motor running, head out on the highway and come over to Ybor City for bike night. You'll find live music, bike ogling and beer vendors at Centro Ybor and the parking lot of the El Pasaje building. Good times. Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m. Centro Ybor, 16th St. and Eighth Ave.,…
BLUE CHRISTMAS
Songs to avoid (or wallow in) for the season
King for a Day
The Lion King pounces on the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
